San Jose State University Women's Studies Program.

In 1972, Academic Vice President Hobert Burns officially established the Women's Studies Program (WSP) at San Jose State University (SJSU). The combined efforts of the administration, faculty, and students launched one of the first women's studies programs in the U.S. Like other women studies programs, the SJSU program worked to solidify its place as an academic discipline. When the National Women's Studies Association first formed in San Francisco in 1977, the WSP organized the professional association's founding convention, which drew close to two thousand participants. The WSP went on to organize and convene other conferences on women's studies, including the 1982 "Higher Education for Women in the 1980s Conference." This conference brought together educators from the northern California State University (CSU) campuses to discuss furthering women's studies education. At the same time, the WSP produced a significant body of interdisciplinary scholarship, from monographs, newsletters, conference papers, scholarly journal articles, newspaper articles, textbooks, and children's books. After a series of administrative realignments, the WSP became a part of the Social Science Department under the College of Social Sciences. The Women's Studies Program continues to offer a multidisciplinary curriculum balancing the traditional academic and male-centered perspective with new research and study in the field of women's experience.

From the description of San Jose State University Women's Studies Program records, 1963-2003 (bulk 1972-1991). (San Jose Public Library). WorldCat record id: 73175299

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